The South western news., 1887-07-20
VOL I'LL mol


would steal from his covert and
make closer and more courageons
reconnaissance, swapping and snafl-
ing in apparent disappointment.
The bull and the bear rolled
over and over in the terrible death
struggle. Nothing was now 10 be
seen but a heavy, CORY mass dimly
perceptihle through the dust As
to weight; the two fierce afd de-
termined brutea must have been
about equally matched. The bear
had the advantage of greater agili-
ty and the expert and telling use
of two terrible weapons. his teeth
and claws-while the bull repre-
sented more infexible courage ard
greater powers Of endurance The
unfortunate result of me bulls last
charge on the grizzly indicated that
the latter's qualities would in
few minutes more settle the fight
against the bull, and I was in a
momentary expectation Of seeing
such termination, when to my
establishment. saw the bear relax
his efforts, roll over from the body
of his PROSTATE foe, and drag him.
self feebly away from the spot.
His appearance WIS sickening to
me, 80 frightfully had he been rips
ped and torn by the bulls horns.
The grizzly had no sooner aban~
doned his attack on the bull than
the lattor was on his feet, bearing
himself erect and fierce as ever. IF
the bears appearance was sicken-
ing, sthe bulls was doubly so. He
was covered with blood from his
forehead TO his rump, and his flesh
and skin actually hung in strips
aud tatters from his head and
sides. Giving his head shake
that scattered blood in a shower
about him, and gave him a mo-
ment's sight of the reeking bear in
front of him, he lowered his
head for the fourth time, aud
again made one of his terrific char
ges. When the dying bear had
dragged himself away from the bull
the eagles actually swoopen down
upon him, and the wolves sprang
from the thicket into the opening
and prepared to pounce upon him.
The bull scattered the inpatient
birds and animals as he swept on
his final charge against the grizzly,
and they hastily departed, Shrek
ing and snarling. The cattle again
added their believing to that Of
the bulls, and acted as if they UNI
derstoed the favorable turn the
fight had taken. AS the bull hurl-
ed himself against the grizzly, the
latter braced himself for last des>
perate struggle. He struck out
WILDLY with his paws, and the bull
fell back with the force of the griz>
zly's blows, presenting a CHASTITY
spectacle. His tongue hung from
his mouth a mangled mess of
shreds. His face was stripped
bare of flesh TO the bone, and his
eyes were torn from their sockets.
The charge was equally disastre-
Gus to the bear, he being ripped
completely open, and he sank to
the ground writhlng in his agony.
The indomitable courage of the
bull here prevailed. Blinded and
crippled as he was, he made but a
slight pause after his fourth assault
and then dashed widedly at bis foe
again. The grizzly's roar now
seemed to be one of terror. With
a last frantic effort he sought to
make his escape, scrambling and
staggering through the dust. But
it was useless. His great strength
was gone. The bull plunged his
horns again and again into the
huge form ofthe dying brute as he
lay stretched helpless in the dust.
The bears muscles quivered and
contracted. He drew his immense
paws up once or twice in convuI.
sive clutches, raised his huge head,
gave one agonizing groan, and tell
back dead. The victorious bull
raised his bloody, horribly disfigur.
ed crest, gave voice to a deep bell
low. and, shaking his head trium-
phantly, turned aud walked away.
His progress was slow and painful,
and he stopped and turned at short
intervals and listened, as if to
know whether his foe would renew
the battle. He walked nearly a
hundred yards with his herd gath.